Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Instructs Banks to Defer Loan Repayments for Small Businesses

By Editors | 02/03/2020

The move follows all-time lows in China’s manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMI figures, prompting analysts to cut their first quarter GDP growth forecasts to minus 6%.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine Banks to Get Covid-19 Regulatory Relief

By Editors | 01/03/2020

The relief measures may include grace periods for rediscounting loans, staggered booking of credit losses, non-imposition of penalties for reserve deficiencies, and non-recognition of loan defaults.

Capital / Liquidity

BIS Seeks Integration of Climate Risk in Prudential Framework

By Manesh Samtani | 01/03/2020

At a recent BIS meeting, participants discussed how existing risk management requirements for banks and insurers could be adjusted to capture climate risk exposures.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Clarifies Capital Treatment of Amended LIBOR Contracts

By Editors | 28/02/2020

Capital instruments amended solely to implement benchmark reforms will not be treated as new instruments for the purpose of assessing their eligibility as Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruments.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Extends External Benchmarking to Medium Enterprise Loans

By Editors | 27/02/2020

From 1 April, loans to medium enterprises must be linked to external interest rate benchmarks, expanding on a policy that took effect in October for retail and micro/small enterprise loans.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Approves ‘Enhanced’ Capital Requirements for Smaller Banks

By Editors | 27/02/2020

The higher capital standards for stand-alone thrifts, rural and cooperative banks include a 6% minimum CET1 ratio, a 7.5% Tier 1 ratio, and a 2.5% capital conservation buffer.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Expands Special Re-lending Programme to Help More Businesses

By Editors | 25/02/2020

The PBOC has instructed six state-owned banks to provide low-interest loans to a broader pool of companies than originally specified under a special re-lending programme earlier this month.

Capital / Liquidity

FSC Korea to Tighten Financial Conglomerate Supervision from May

By Editors | 25/02/2020

The FSC is revising its guidelines on the supervision of financial conglomerates to enhance capital adequacy assessments, disclosure rules, and internal controls requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

China: Restoring NPL Recognition Standards May Take Years: S&P

By Editors | 24/02/2020

China’s relaxed bad loan recognition standards to help businesses through the Covid-19 outbreak may have long-term repercussions for the creditworthiness of some institutions.